Job overview
A rare and exciting opportunity has opened for a Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist to join our dynamic and well-established Community Neuro Rehabilitation Team.
In this rewarding role, you’ll play a vital part in supporting patients with neurological conditions, delivering high-quality therapy in the places that matter most to them – their own homes, residential settings, and nursing homes. You will provide specialist physiotherapy interventions tailored to individual needs, working closely with occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, and other healthcare professionals. Together, you’ll empower patients to achieve their rehabilitation goals, improve independence, and enhance their quality of life.
Beyond direct patient care, you’ll contribute to service development and share your expertise to continually raise standards across the team. This is more than just a job – it’s a chance to make a meaningful difference every day, while developing your skills in a supportive and forward-thinking environment.
Main duties of the job
To work within the community physiotherapy service to provide appropriate physiotherapy input to patients and assist with service development and evaluation. Treatments will be in the patients’ own homes, in a community setting ie nursing/residential homes or any other facilities as service requires.
Working for our organisation
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities
1.To undertake advanced physiotherapeutic assessment and treatment of patients, who have a complex and/or chronic presentation. Use advanced clinical reasoning skills to determine individualised treatment programmes and to maintain records as an autonomous practitioner.
2.To hold own caseload of patients referred. Taking responsibility for accepting and discharging these patients and undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner. Assess and treat own caseload of patients within the community or outpatient setting providing patient centred interventions.
3.To provide and co-ordinate post graduate development to less experienced staff and clinical placements for student physiotherapists.
4.To assist with delivering training programmes to ensure that professionally qualified, professionally unqualified staff, other members of the MDT and carers, are optimally competent to deliver appropriate care to patients.
5.Assist in service evaluation and development.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. HCPC Registration
2. Degree or Equivalent in Physiotherapy
Experience
Essential criteria
3. Substantial post registration experience in a relevant physiotherapy position.
4. Previous clinical experience relevant to post
5. Experience as working as part of a multidisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
6. Experience of providing clinical supervision
Knowledge
Essential criteria
7. Ability to manage a clinical caseload
8. Ability to communicate with healthcare professional and the public
9. Ability to motivate others
10. Ability to communicate with people with communication difficulties
11. Interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria
12. Presentation and training skills
13. Evidence of involvement in audit and research
14. Competent IT skills.
Personal Skills
Essential criteria
15. Open/Reflective/Warm
16. Enthusiastic and self-aware
17. Creative and Flexible
18. Team focussed
19. Reliable, Adaptable and Dependable
Other
Essential criteria
20. Experience of participation in weekend and out of hours services as additional hours
21. Clear vision of role/commitment to speciality team you are working with.
22. Ability to independently undertake visits to patients in their own homes and deliver equipment.
23. Able to travel around Bedfordshire
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.